bureau chief julie carey report there is are fears stiff sentence will prevent dproisd.coming forward. >> reporter: this doesn't look like the face of a teen aimed terrorist but the time ali amin joined the fight with isis. >> reporter: this is the first time federal authorities

prosecuted a juvenile for helping terrorists. they say the fact that one team went to syria made the crime far more serious, in part, because that young man may never come back to his family. the case could chill cooperation. >> i hope that we can, you know, build some bridges where we can actually have some trust and the parent comes forward and a mentorship rather than a punishment, because that's what the parents were looking for. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney sees a different message. the sooner parents contact authorities, the better. >> in this case, had we known earlier, perhaps we could have avoid someone who very well may die. >> reporter: once amin gets out of prison in his late 20s, won't be free and clear of this case. his sentence provides lifetime of supervision and monitoring of his online activities. in alexandria, i'm julie carey, news4. the man who gunnedown two virginia tv journalists may have had an obsession with terrorists. virginia state police say writings of vester flanagan make

it apparent that he closely identified with mass murderers and people who committed domestic acts of violence, including the 9/11 attackers. investigators don't say if he ever had any actual contact with terrorist. police said that flanagan fired 17 shots at alison parker and adam ward. parker's father says his daughter never voiced concern about being attacked. >> her life was full of joy. and she always saw the best in people. and she touched people, so many people and why they loved her. something like this would never occur to her. >> video from inside flanagan's apartment shows his home was very sparsely furnished. flanagan had covered the refridge rater in his apartment in pictures of himself. we are also learning new details about the shooting from the surviving victim. vicki gardner told her husband that flanagan was standing over

her ready to fire when his gun jammed. after that gun failed to go off, flanagan walked awatch gardner managed to get up and she walked to an ambulance. a metro inspector and a supervisor have resigned as a new report shows human error was partly to blame for a recent train derailment. is the latest safety problem for the troubled transit system and could impact the federal funding. news4's mark segraves is live outside the station in southwest where that derailment happened. >> reporter: we are having members of congress beginning to weigh in now on this recent development. maryland congressman chris van hollen issued a statement saying this highlights deficient. cull sure of safety at the metro agency and congresswoman eleanor holmes norton tells us that she expects congress to hold hearings, to find out how this derailment could have been caused by one person's mistake. >> the problem was not with the employee. >> reporter: according to met tree track inspector found the

faulty rail fastener in early july but delete it had from a inspection report a month later that faulty fastener caused the derailment because it was never fixed. metro officials declined to be interviewed about the findings but this a written statement acknowledge there should have been a better system of checks and bams for inspections. -- and balances for inspections. >> that's why i don't ride it as much. i usually walk more now. when i first moved here, i used the metro every day. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton said met trees management is to blame and this latest safety setback will make it harder to get federal funds for the transit system. >> that's why the entire region is working to make sure we get their 450 million, which has been cut, at least by the house. >> reporter: now, no one has been disciplined for this recent incident. metro says it remains under

investigation and that the system is safe. if you want to review the entire report, you can check it out at the nbc washington app, just search metro. along the national mall, mark segraves, news4. the man charged in a deadly stabbing on a metro train will stay ijail for now a judge order jasper spires to under go a full comp tetency exam. he killed kevin sutherland on july 4th at the train station. he will be back in court in october. cracking down on crime in the district. the mayor's plan is being rolled out as police begin their all hands on deck initiative this weekend. all this comes amid some troubling statistics. there have been 103 homicides in the city this year compared to 72 this time last year. news4's derrick ward live in northeast now with more on what you can expect to seen the streets will weekend. >> reporter: well, first of all, you can expect to see more officers. we are already in the midst of the all hands on deck. the next 48 hours or so, they

will be saturating the city across all seven police district bus also are just on the cusp of another approach, another broader approach to the problem. d.c. police chief cathy lanier says she is on board with the mayor's recently announced crime initiative. >> she feels the same way law enforcement feels there are times you got to draw a line in the sand. >> reporter: that leads to an effort to curb the violence that pushed the number of killings in the toy is the city to 103. the chief says there is a pattern involving violent offenders out on parole. >> have long, violent criminal histories just continuing to commit crime. >> reporter: crimes with guns. the plan says violent offenders out on parole could be subject

to search by their officers. >> this is new york and california. >> some people play is served time, it doesn't mean all thank all of them back on the streets doing their thing. >> reporter: also parts of this plan that make it easier for misdemean misdemean misdemeanor offenders to qualify for work release. a multistrong approach to fighting crime, the chief says there can be multiple causes for that crime some of the aspects go into affect now and others the middle of next month. live in northeast d.c., derrick ward, news4. another look at the man who police say could be behind a series of burglaries in the district. this video shows him smashing his way into a business in the pet worth area happened this past weekend. once inside, you can see the guy going through a refrigerator and stealing what appears to be bottles of alcohol. there have been three similar case the past couple of weeks. the death toll is rising as tropical storm erika tears through the caribbean.

the prime minister of dominica says 12 people are now dead there. many died in landslides triggered by the torrential rains. at least 20 others are still missing on that island. dominica has been swamped by flood waters this swept away homes and brings and now erika is on the move. go to doug with the latest. what is next? >> erika is on the move. affects portions of puerto rico and hispaniola, the dominican republic and haiti. infrared satellite picture. if a storm is strong, you would see a circular storm here. we don't see that, a very disorganized storm. looking at flare ups around the dominican republic, very heavy rain. they will have the potential for severe flooding and mudslides, very mountainness country here peaks, 12,000 feet. this storm moves toward cuba, too, very mountainness terrain, heavy rain, in the islands, flooding with mud slides, likely

weakening, also likely due to the mountains. come off the mountains weaker as it heads toward glass and will head towards florida. talk about the track and what it means for the southeast and possibly our region in my forecast. >> thank you, doug. a tribute to three firefighters killed fighting those wild fires in because state. flags flying at half-staff at the washington monument in honor of the victims. th crews are finally getting a handle on the largest wildfire on record in washington state. 1100 square miles burned so far, twice the size of rhode island. a federal appeals court in d.c. ruled demonstrations like

these during the gay marriage decision cannot take place on the marble plaza on the supreme court's steps. it is to keep judges from being influenced by public opinion. demonstrations can take place on the public sidewalk surrounding the building. a family man retired navy s.e.a.l. killed on a busy road. why his morning bike rides so important and were he may have been going. >> duringcality trina, i saw police officers openly crying and call other cops could you cowards. do they stand by those words today?

ten years after hurricane katrina hit, we are remembering the bats the danger didn't end when the water stopped rising. a lot of police fled, fearing for their their own safety in the chaos after the storm. chris lawrence was there and joins us in new orleans with a look at those who defended their post. hi, chris. >> reporter: when i met these guys, we were living on the

street. they were scrounging for food in a local convenience store with no communication with their higher ups or the mayor's office. to make matters worse, some officers said the heck with it and left up to. >> we was always here. >> reporter: the anniversary bringing it all back for these officers. >> worked around the clock, no sleep, very little. >> reporter: i can vouch for that i spent the night with them. you were on the rooftop with us. on the roof, sleeping on the rocks to get fresh air. >> reporter: the first district overwhelmed, under manned. >> they had to go on their roofs for rescue. >> reporter: he was a rookie when i met him and erupted when the cops abandoned their post and left town. all you cowards supposed to wear the basketball, can you truly wear the bam like our motto said? evidently you can't. >> reporter: hearing now what you said then, you stand by it? >> absolutely. i mean it and stand by it even to this day.

>> reporter: cops that ran let everyone down. >> leave your brothers and sisters and poor people depending on us coming to the station for help. >> reporter: as if that wasn't enough, people started shooting at the police station. [ gunfire ] just talking to one of the officers and like that you heard a gunshot. i remember being on that roof, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow. what were you thinking, looking back at that now. >> i can't believe these people are doing that to us? >> so dark, we could hear but didn't know where it was coming from. >> reporter: they held, their ground and their station. >> we have come a long way and i believe we are much better police department now. >> reporter: yeah, they are a smaller one, fewer officers but better technology, if something like that would were to happen today, they think they would be able to communicate with other district, even the federal government, to get help in a lot faster. doreen? >> wow, chris. interest to hear the perspective from both the officers and you,

from ten years ago and today. anything else stand out for those -- for those guys today? >> reporter: just the emotion. you know, doreen. police officers are pretty cool customers. they don't show a lot of emotion. don't hear officers talking like that. i never have before. there was this one officer who ran up to us who said i just got to tell my wife i love her and he said her name, rachel weatherly, he was crying. and he said i just got to tell her i love her. he was clearly distraught. a lot of these guys are very worried about their own families while they were trying to bro protect the city as best they come >> a lot of the powerful emotions feel fresh later. chris lawrence, a great job down there for us. >> thank you. and now ten years after hurricane katrina, all eyes are on another storm. right now, florida bracing for a possible visit from tropical storm erika. the governor of that state already declaring a state of

emergency. storm team4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer here now with the storm's latest track and what it could mean for us next week. doug? >> i got to say the good thing for this storm, really just a weak storm and i do not expect it to be much of a storm at all by the time it makes its way toward florida. the storm itself just to the south of hispaniola, haiti, dominican republic, the storm center right in here. latest advisory, came down at 6:00, moving 21 miles an hour, expected to move to the north a ldod bit across his hist span grow la, help tear it apart. across cuba, eastern cuba, which also has mountains. southern flashing the keys, that is a minimal tropical storm here on sunday at around 2:00.

the biggest threat will be rain, that is it. not expecting wind from this, not expecting florida to see a storm surge from this. some areas affected, tampa and orlando, seen tremendous amounts of rain the past month, month and a half. don't need to see more, miami could use rain but don't need to see it come at once. for us, i don't think it will impact us at all. if it does, wouldn't be until next thursday and fray day then garden variety thunderstorms. look at that shot down there towards the kennedy center. 82 degrees, plenty of sunshine. a very nice day once again.

heading to the skips game, no problems there. watching the storm system here, not because it is going to bring a chance of showers or storms but because it is going to bring heat and bring temperatures that are going to be up there into the upper 80s to around 90 degrees with that southerly flow. 89 high temperature tomorrow in leesburg, 85, martinsburg, 91, the culpepper area, eastern shore coming in into the upper 80s, a mix of sun and cloudsthe

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interesting week in the race for the white house. donald trump leads the gop polls, despite his feud with media people and endorsement from a kkk leader. >> a new quinnipiac poll out showing twrufrn a 28% count in the vote, hypothetical primary. ben carson, 12%, jeb bush, ted cruz, marco rubio, tied at 7% each. >> "meet the press" moderator chuck todd is here with us. trump seems to appeal to people

a people's >> like a shark, he is not moving, he dies. that has been my question, what does act two look like? how does he do this? he clearly is consolidating a large chunk, calling tea party supporters. the party is divided between establishment and nti-establishment. he is the voice of the anti-establishment. 100% name i.d. only 28%. doesn't mean he suspect leading the field, isn't impressive a good 70% of the party isn't with him, some point that will show itself, as long as this field space is this big, he is going to continue to stay on top. we are still waiting for the other part of the field to shake out. >> talk about the latino vote, important in 2016. jeb bush taking swipes at donald

trump trying to elevate himself in that group. is he going enough? >> i think? a risky strategy doing what's doing. i have seen him make his own unforced errors, he has tried to ramp up his own energy a little bit and try to take him on one-on-one. less about winning over trump voters and the 70% he is talking about he has fallen into rhetorical traps, whether the anchor baby business, no, no, no i wasn't referring to hispanics, i was free, to asians shall didn't go well either. we know in virginia, the asian vote is very important, vietnamese vote very strong in northern virginia, virginia a swing state. i think that is the danger here for jeb bush is that he ends up making mistakes like romney made during the primary, say things, may get him the nomination, gets used against him in a general election. >> switching to the other party now, everybody is anxious about what joe biden is going to do. >> we learned a lot when he

heard his voice. not the guy that has the fire in the belly to run yet. i think he wants to be president. that is clear. he's run wise. the vice president. the question is does he have -- he has to anticipate two questions and to me, he is nowhere near it. fire in the belly to run, is his family ready to do it you decide to run, the fire in the belly to go after hillary clinton one thing to run and another thing to run to win. and this isn't going to be patty cake, okay? and it will divide the party. and i think that that's that next hurdle. we also got to remember, like an athlete deciding that your political career -- your athletic career is over. that's another part of this for joe biden. the minute he says he is out -- >> out. way t >> your career is over. a tough thing to face. >> indeed. yeah. all right. chuck todd. thank you. you can join chuck sunday morning at 1030 for "meet the press" here on nbc4. if you aren't home, watch it live on the nbc washington app right on your phone. cell phone video capturing the scene unfold. what we are learning about this

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bicyclist and retired navy s.e.a.l. killed while riding his bike. a brother, best friend, great dad to five children. safety concerns as thousands of students return to the classroom next week. how back-to-school could end up costing you, even if you don't have kids. a local man charged with murdering his girlfriend's baby. police say it is a story becoming all too common. what they are doing to try to change that. muss, new fallout news4 i-team revealed federal workers using your tax dollars to pay for personal starbucks runs. his younger brother called him invincible and says family always came first. >> a retired navy s.e.a.l. hit and killed while riding his bike in maryland, happened on massachusetts avenue in bethesda, a couple miles from its d.c. line. where we find news4's meagan fitzgerald with more. >> reporter: timothy holden's family said he would ride his bike down massachusetts avenue here but they say friday mornings were special and it was a ride they say he rarely ever

missed. timothy holden may have been 64 years old but his youngest brother, peter, says would you have never known. i certainly couldn't keep up with him. woe swim together. >> reporter: he was a athlete, a avid biker and his family says he would always put them first. >> he was a brother, best friend, great dad to five children. >> reporter: tim had tradition on friday mornings. his brother said he would ride his bike to see his daughter so they could spend quality time together. >> he would go to meet his oldest, kelsey, for coffee, before work. >> reporter: family members believe that's were he was heading friday morning when montgomery county police say tim was hit and killed by a driver. the crash happened here in the eastbound rain of massachusetts avenue. >> i couldn't believe tim was gone. >> reporter: no one can believe a retired navy s.e.a.l., who dedicated his life to serving others is gone. those who loved him most say

they will spend their lives trying to honor his. >> he is just an incredible man. and he touched so many people in his life. >> reporter: montgomery county police say this is considered an active and ongoing investigation. they say at this point, the driver has not been charged. back to you. >> all right, meagan fitzgerald, thank you. a final salute to a baltimore county firefighter. loved ones said goodbye to lieutenant jr harrison with a full active duty firefighter funeral today. harrison was killed in a motorcycle accident on his way home from work on sunday morning. he and another cyclist hit head on in laurel. both died at the scene. harrison, who lived in bowie, was a 29-year veteran of the baltimore county fire department. two people arrested after a fight on top of a d.c. fire truck. our news partners at wtop gave us the video you see here. we are told a man jumped on top of engine 33 near alabama avenue

and 7th street southeast yesterday. three others joined in as things escalated there. you can see it. no word on what sparked this fight. there was some minor damage to the fire truck but it is back in service tonight. a prince george's county man in jail tonight, accused of killing his girlfriend's baby. it is a situation that police say is happening far too often. now, they are coming up with a plan to combat this type of domestic violence. county bureau chief tracee wilkins joining us live with what the county want does here. >> reporter: they have a lot of work ahead of them as they try to deal with these horrible trends in domestic violence that include the one that we are talking about right now. i have been speaking with neighbors here, some folks who knew this man, trying to figure out why he is accused of this, staying is not at all a part of his character. again, these are some of the things the county is going to have to deal. >> we know women have to work, but too many of our babies are dying now while this is happening. >> reporter: a disturbing trend happening in prince george's

county, women at work, trusting their boyfriends, who murder their children. >> four in the last 18 months have died here in prince george's county. we are understanding that there are two similar deaths in montgomery county. so in the state of maryland, this is a problem that we are seeing. >> reporter: police say 28-year-old man killed his girlfriend's 1-year-old son inside their riverdale apartment while she was at work. >> what we snow that this baby didn't die as a result of an accident. we know that this baby was, in fact, murdered. >> reporter: he told police the child wandered out of his eyesight for 20 minutes and he found him unconscious but the child's autopsy report revealed blunt force trauma. >> what we really believe is happening in many, many cases is women are going to work without proper resource and they are trying to find safe places for their children and are not successful in doing so. >> reporter: second domestic incident that ended in murder this week in prince george's county. a wife is accused of running over and killing her husband in lanham. it has improvemented police to rae lease this new video,

reminding residents there is a domestic violence unit that can assist with violencewith violen >> someone is in a domestic violence situation, this he can call us, they can call 211. >> reporter: we have some of those tips on nbcwashington.com and resources available to help you out, including the full domestic violence unit video and also the link to the maryland department of education. they do offer some assistance to pay for child care for mothers who qualify. an internal report reveals u.s. department of homeland security purchase cards were hacked and used to buy starbucks coffee drink. agency auditors launched the investigation after seeing an i-team report about the cards being used to buy $30,000 in

starbucks drinks last year. some of the purchases were legitimate. many others weren't, including personal beverages bought by employees eventually reimbursed. a dozen of the purchases were made with stolen card information. >> with something like credit card information getting out to the public or in the wrong hands, i would think they would want to step in and put those internal controls in right away. >> we asked the department of homeland security how often their cards or card information had been stolen and they declined to answer. controversial costs impacting students. what the government is trying to do to make sure you are not surprised by fees on college debit cards. montgomery county public schools opened this coming monday. the police chief issues tips. i will tell you what you need to know in order to keep the students safe. a couple of great nights ahead, if you're heading down toward national harbor, live music each night, including the u.s. marine band tomorrow night,

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students in the montgomery county will be the next ones going back to school. they start monday. this year, there will be a record number of children riding, biking or walking to school. today, the county police chief joined school officials in asking all of us to help keep them safe. drivers who don't risk an expensive ticket. news4's chris gordon reports. >> reporter: montgomery county has a record high enrollment this year. monday morning, 156,000 students will head to school. the police chief and school leaders today gathered to warn students, parents and motorists to be careful. >> each year, i hear about the close calls the crossing guards are witness to because drivers are either not paying attention to the crossing guard, not heeding their signals or just not paying attention to the kids

who are walking in the street. >> reporter: students are endangered by drivers who pass stopped school buses. 18 months ago, police began a pilot program to catch them. 100 montgomery county school buses are equipped for cameras. now, they have 25 and they rotate them. if they catch you passing a stopped school bus, you will get a citation and a fine of $125. >> pay attention to our big yellow buses when the sign is out. just stop. please stop. the most precious cargo on the road monday will be our children and we want all drivers to watch out for them. >> reporter: appealing to students who walk not to get distracted. taking the ear buds out, not paying more attention to the music or texting when you're walk and not paying attention to traffic. >> reporter: were these are tips not just for the first day of school but followed year round.

from montgomery county, chris gordon, news4. loudoun county football players have a new field to compete on tonight thanks to the redskins. the field at park view high school in sterling is being dedicated now ahead of the first football game of the season tonight. the redskins charitable foundation with the nfl foundation and the county all chipped in the $1 million needed for that project. >> looks good. paying a price for accessing financial aid refund money. why the government wants tougher standards to protect college students. and dna results are in. what we are learning about the what we are learning about the new

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there is a rite of passable under way at george mason university. returning students begin arriving this weekend. the university is asking drivers to slow it down and keep an eye out for students around catch puss. the first day of class at george town next wednesday. every year, billions go toward financial aid for college students and taxpayers contribute to it >> the government has a problem involving fees charged to students when they access their money. now, new regulations may change that, consumer reporter erika gonzalez has both sides of a heated debate.

>> reporter: one feature, the option for students to put money left over after tuition is paid on to a debit card, but there's a controversial cost associated with it. >> i don't think you should be charged to be using school money. >> reporter: every time she used her debit card with her pin to make a purchase, she was charged 50 cents. >> i didn't know at first. >> reporter: for that reason, the u.s. department of education wants tougher standards and greater transparency. >> what we want to avoid is any surprises to the student they don't discover until way down the road all this times, they have been occurring fees. >> they have been taking out 50 cents and been doing this for years. >> reporter: this student in michigan says she recently

noticed the charges on her statement and she has been using the higher one debit card for the last six years. >> i didn't question anything about the card because i trust my school. >> reporter: this fall, the department of education mr.s to finalize regulations surrounding fees and transparency, including partnerships between colleges and financial firms. but some colleges are fighting back and wrote the department of education. prince george's county says it sends students a pamphlet with information about higher one. the department of education

started looking into what it calls unreasonably higher fees and look of transparency following a report by the u.s. public interest research group titled the campus debit card trap. higher one dominates the market and it has faced legal troubles, claims made in two government enforcement actions and a class action lawsuit settled for millions of dollars. higher one told news4, in part -- some students don't agree. >> it surprised me, think of all those times i was literally broke, you know, how they were taking those fees out. >> both the school and the card should tell you. >> reporter: some argue the department of education shouldn't get involved with financial regulation. the department of ed says it has been working with the consumer financial protection bureau, the fdic and the u.s. treasury department on the regulations.

big knew it's a boy the national zoo announced the surviving panda cub is male. also learned the cub's father is tian tian, the national zoo's adult male panda. you guys are rooting for him. mei xiang had been artificially inseminated by two pandas. >> it is gaining weight, which is a good thing, so we know that it's nursing successfully and it's growing and again, it's just listening to that voice. >> the other smaller cub died earlier this week. the cub had food material in its lungs. turn to doug now and talk about this, if we can keep the last couple of days going into the weekend, let's just call it into october. >> wouldn't that be nice? that would be just so perfect. but not going to happen. we are going to see -- going to see a change, not all that bad,

yeah, we have more heat out there, still talking about summer and we are still in the month of august. temperatures tonight have been on the cool side. look at that, a beautiful shot, sunset tonight, 7:45. 82 degrees now, 80 at 7:00, dropping to about 74 by 11:00. a perfect night to get out on the town, heading to dinner, maybe drinks outdoors, looking perfect for that 82 in dull less, 79, gaithersburg. we have been on a great stretch of weather the last couple of days and got one or two more, a little bit on the warm side, not talking that real heat and humidity, nothing to show on the radar, it is all clear. tomorrow's forecast, a few clouds, much warmer, yeah, it will be a little bit humid, 86 to 91, as hot as we will get tomorrow. going outdoors, maybe doing a little jog, getting barge early, 74 at 9 a.m., up to 78 by 11. still, an early morning jog, early morning bike ride, all

looking good out there t, the afternoon you have to worry about not talking things are going to be all that hospital. redskins taking on the ravens, m and t bank stadium, going to be tailgating outdoors in the sun, 88, make sure you have the sunscreen on, 85 at 7:30, make sure you're hydrating, for all you tailgaters, 82 by 10:00, staying on on the warm side, redskins, a huge win, 21-0, what i'm expecting. 90 on saturday. not even close, right? 92 on sunday, 91 on monday. and then on tuesday, 94. now, i told you we would have one day hotter than tuesday. look at wednesday. up to 95 degrees. >> oh. >> then we cool a little bit, thursday and fray day not too bad, high temperatures go back into the upper 80s. >> air conditioners get a workout next week. a different look for the redskins' practice, how muc

things here, a little football up the road this weekend? >> i don't know why i'm here, doug just predicted a 21-0 redskins victory. >> that is after the first

quarter. >> working for hours back there, all of sudden, 21-0. who knew this stuff was so scripted. battle of the beltways that is really baseball and the nats and orioles, football is preseason anyway, still, there is added significance the redskins and ravens tomorrow from baltimore. preseason game number three, yeah, typically the starter's last showcase before games start to count and that means an opportunity for the first team offense to show it is ready for the first game. no doubt the young fans eager to see how robert griffin iii does and for their walk through before tomorrow's game in baltimore, redskins paid a visit to joint base andrews. a special day for fans and players got more on that in a moment, yeah i know what you're thinking about, robert griffin iii, and the offense. nowhere against the lions. tomorrow, they are going to have time to get it right. >> i like playing the half. things happen and that could change. but always the plan for third preseason games is at least a half. could be select starters that might come out sooner than that.

we will go half as a starting point. these guys need the work and it's important for them to get down, get used to tackling and playing for more than a quarter, stamina-wise, miami's coming, 1:00 in the afternoon, going to do no huddle, make sure they get in shape, they are in shape and go from there. the special part of the day lots of thank yous and hand shake military from the redskins, annual joint -- practice at joint base andrews letting service members get a close-up of their favorite players. some of those players have a close connection with our armed forces. rg3 grew up in military family and happy to make this visit special. >> always trying to get back to the military kids, just because being from that family, i know, you workers in some of these kids are going through. they have any questions for me, they know that i've been, you know, their same position, this he can ask me. >> my brother has been enlisted for 17 years, united states army, fort hood, texatexas.

i'm thankful for what they do every day. >> remember, you can watch the redskins take on the ravens here. down a level, the maryland ter pins found their quarterback, going with perry hills as the starter, he won the job after a three-way battle. he has experience, started seven games his freshman year before tearing his acl. appeared in three games last season. open up against richmond on september 5th. maybe you have heard the one about no pain, no gain. using that theory, the nationals should have so much more. they certainly have had plenty of pain. two days after getting their expected starting lineup on the field, the nationals more pain, needing the marlins, dealing with the loss of not one but two center fielders. denard span, done for the season, surgery tuesday his left

hip, only played 61 games due to injuries, returned from back spasms last tuesday. hip inflammation to the dl and operating room. to make matters worse, the guy who filled in at center most of the accept a, michael taylor, banged up his right knee crashing into the wall last nate's win, bryce harper will start in center position, he is familiar. ouch. yeah, ouch. yunel escobar out after getting hit by a pitch. i don't know if i've ever seen anything like it. but it is what it is. mikey playing hard, yunel playing hard, dennard, when he was able to, playing hard. not much you can do about it >> you hear that phrase it is what it is, never good. good news we do have for the orioles, jones is in the lineup against the rangers, a skierry moment against the royals, going for a catch, slamming into the wimauma. jones later left the game but jones will start in center and bat at third against the rangers. and that's the portion of our show we show people crashing into walls. >> painful night to be a

baseball player yesterday. thanks, dave. thanks for joining us tonight, everybody. nightly news is next. >>

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